Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-08-10
Ninety-nine runs in eight innings is

by investigation you will find w. NJ.
Wheeler does just what he adver-
tises. II
w. III. McCague inspected railroad
building in the vicinity of Mingona,
last Sunday.
The latest, tenderest and best beef
at the Central meat market, opposite
lst National bank. 4
The Presbyterian church has been
re-modeled to some extent, and newly
painted on the inside.
Charlie Currie's fine horse will show
up 100 good colts in Barber and King
man counties next season.
A marriage license was granted Mon
day to Chas. Frazier and Miss Mary
+. English, of the Elm Mills neighbor-
hood.
Hen. Kelley is here on a visit to his
mother, Mrs. G. G.. Taliaferro. He left
here five or six years ago, and has been
living in the wild west since.
T. f. Marquand is fixing up his place,
adjoining town, on the west, and in
about three years he will have one of
the prettiest homes in the county.
Mrs. o. =. Poole returned from a
visit to Lamar, Colorado, last Friday
She likes that town and will soon join
her husband there, to make it her per-
manent home.
f. Il. Vincent returned home, Sun
day, from four weeks visit to Ohio.
He had good time, but gives gloomy
report of crop prospects in Ohio, Indi-
ana and Illinois.
a hunting party, composed OF r. B.
Clark, John Dohrer, L. G. Molloy, Thos.
Doran and s. Z. Stone, went to Pratt
county Monday, to kill plover, and any
other game that might come in their
way.
A whole car load of trunks just re-
ceived by Stamford, Youmans & Ed
red. They can furnish cheaper and
better trunks than any other firm. Re-
member, they also handle grips and
NdllSeS VI every KIM. IL
Mr.. A. Banta and wife, of Holdridge,
Neb., grandparents, and Mrs. w. ii.
Ball, of Meade county, Kans., mother
of w. Il. Rouse, of this city, are here
on visit. Wallace had not seen his
grandfather for Is years.
DIR. w. ii. Moore, of this city, has
received the appointment as one of the
pension examining board, for this dis
trict. DIR. Gillette is the old member
and DIR. A. S. Cloud, of Kiowa, will
likely be the third member.
Judge Sample must be his name from
now on. lie came home from holding
court in Clark county, smeared all over
with compliments passed on him by the
taxpayers, lawyers and litigants, for
the able manner in which he presided.
Eugene Thompson, prominent re-
publican, of Kiowa, was here the other
day, endeavoring to create discord in
the democratic ranks, but the seeds
sown did not take deep root. What a
pity 1t is that the republicans won't
keep their fingers out of the democratic
PIE.
y lady was here this week copying
the list of residents of Barber county.
from the tax-rolls. She said the names
were for a Wichita business man; but
the rumor is now, that the names were
to he used on a protest being circulated
by Anthony, TO prevent n cOuntv-seat
election being called. She claimed to
have come from Anthony here.
AT their special meeting, last week.
the county commissioners funded out
standing scrip, issued prior to July l,
1887, to the amount of $4,000, into
per cent, 30 year bonds. 1t is under
stood that there is yet outstanding
$4,000 of this class of scrip; and il
also appears that there is not exceeding
SO 900 IN the treasury with which to re-
deem this scrip.
The Sunday School picnic last Satur-
day, in the grove near Amber, was at
tended by ut least a thousand people.
The morning was cool and cloudy,
and before the clouds dispersed twelve
schools were in the encampment. A
cOrnet band from Isabel furnished
music; superintedents and pastors de-
livered orations, and merry boys and
girls sang praises. At high noon par
ents opened we'll filled baskets and
spread bountiful feast, and extended
welcome to all. The man with the
red sash discharged his duties without
hesitation, preventing dire calamity by
not running over any one. All agreed
that it was a happy day. Mr.. d. J.
Aber and several others attended from
this city.
At the ball game, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Granville Morris noticed that the
Deerhead catcher had sprained ankle,
and moved around rather stifly. The
man was of dark complexion, with a
black moustache, and wore blue shirt.
After watching the game for a while,
he saw a man whom he took to be the
catcher, and bantered him for a foot
race of one hundred yards, for 81 a side.
The banter was accepted, the race run,
and Mr.. Morris easily beaten. Some
time after the race he saw the catcher
limping around, and began talking to
him about the foot race, when the catch
paralyZed him with the remark: 81 am
not the man you ran with; there he is,
over yonder." Mr.. Morris was digust-
ed, and replied that he supposed he was
running against that sprained ankle,
instead Of against the fastest runner In
the team.
Mention was made last week OF the
capture and detention of a supposed
horse theft who gave his name as Fred.
SandeTson. lie WAS held until Thurs-